We visited Agra twice and both times we stayed at the Tourist Rest House. Both times our room was reasonably clean and more or less quiet. The rooms are set around a pleasant courtyard where you can get food. …

In Udaipur we stayed at Hotel Gangaur Palace, near Gangaur Ghat. It is very clean, and in a beautiful building - a 250 year old haveli. A haveli is a house with a central courtyard. It’s really nice and the thick old walls kept us warm at night and still cool during

Happy New Year! We rang in the new year in style at Ambrai Restaurant. They had a really nice outdoor buffet last night, right on the lake and overlooking the Lake Palace here in Udaipur. There were a ton of fireworks all around us and not just at midnight, either!